In this follow-up to John Muir Laws’s 2021 Wild Wonder workshop about painting shiny insects, let’s look a bit closer and get into texture! Class session from 3 August 2021. Read More
Category: Drawing Insects
Tips, tricks, and techniques to help you observe and draw insects.
Nature Journaling Strategies with Verena Hillgärtner (Feb. 1, 2024)
Join John Muir Laws and Verena Hillgärtner for a lively discussion and demonstration of nature journaling! Nature Journaling is a wonderful tool to pay attention to the otherwise often overlooked and unloved beings of this world like weeds, pigeons, bugs, spiders and ticks. We’ll practice how a nature journal can help you overcome those fears Read More
New Favorite Color: Cobalt Teal Blue (Aug. 23, 2022)
John Muir Laws shares his new favorite color! See how cobalt teal blue watercolor can make your blue morpho butterflies and Ecuadorian hummingbirds sparkle! (August 2022) Read More
Stewardship and Bees with Stephey Baker (Apr. 27, 2023)
In this lively conversation between John Muir Laws and Stephey Baker, we explore the world of bees and learn how Stephey was motivated to learn them, teach about them, and steward them. Stephey’s lifelong love of nature and art led her to nature journaling and botanical illustration, and recently she became part of a pollinator Read More
How to Draw Butterflies in Dynamic Positions
In this “Ask Jack” workshop, John Muir Laws teaches how to draw butterflies in different position while retaining their liveliness. (Plus learn how to tell a live butterfly from a dead butterfly in field guide illustrations!). August 2021. Read More
Bumps and Divots
In this Ask Jack session (May 2022), John Muir Laws demonstrates how to render the textures of bumps and divots, using a blackberry and a strawberry as examples. Botany also ensues. Read More
Watercolor Hour with Rosalie Haizlett (Oct. 21, 2021)
In this special Nature Journal Club workshop, our guest Rosalie Haizlett shares some of her favorite methods and tricks in watercolor and more, as well as a few of the major roadblocks that beginners face when it comes to watercolor, and how to move beyond them with confidence. Rosalie Haizlett is a recent author who Read More
Drawing Butterflies and Rare Birds (May 25, 2021)
In this “Ask Jack” session, we learn how to draw butterflies and rare birds, starting with blocking them in, and gradually adding details and notes so as not to get overwhelmed. Read More
How to Draw Bugs
Let’s draw bugs! John Muir Laws explores drawing bugs from angles that convey their liveliness. This workshop was part of the live Ask Jack series, where participants request and choose the topic of the day. Read More
How to draw Cast Shadows (video)
Cast shadows are different than object shadows. Here are a few concepts and strategies to help you draw shadows on the ground or cast across other objects. Learn to make bug shadows and shadows beneath found objects in your nature journal. Read More